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Sticky Right Click Menu - Does not go away until user clicks out of menu

Within the right click menu there are certain changes that make the right click menu go away. This has been mentioned before as the program needed to refresh too many properties that would change the right click menu context. Electrons move faste...
about 7 years ago in BC Estimator 0 Shipped

Visibility switch for "Cut-Logic" column on Material List

The ability to show or hide the "Cut Logic" column on the layout material list would help provide a cleaner look to the placement plans that insures a more uniform appearance between Boise Cascade EWP presentation documents. This will also help in...
about 7 years ago in BC Estimator 0 Shipped

Set Blocking Alignment Point with Multiple Container Edges at the same time

For perpendicular joist blocking along exterior walls we most often add blocking to the container edge itself. When the rim is broken (over openings, deck beam supports, etc), you cannot currently select multiple container edges and align all of t...
over 2 years ago in BC Estimator 0 Shipped

Add Page Overlays in Full Color

Currently the only option to add a page overlay is to have a tinted color. We often pull through firewall separation plan pages from architectural plans, which are typically in full color and easy to identify. If we could add an overlay page in th...
over 2 years ago in BC Estimator 0 Shipped

The Open From BC Connect in Framer needs a fuzzy search in addition to the filter

The Open From BC Connect in Framer needs a fuzzy search in addition to the filter. Currently the Builder and project fields are filtering but not searching. So if you start a filter with a word that isn't at the beginning the of the string it...
almost 7 years ago in BC Framer 4 Shipped

Add ability to bulk rename packs from the Lists tab.

It would be very helpful to be able to rename packs in the Lists tab with a function similar to the Bulk Rename in the Pages window. When there are a lot of packs, it takes a lot of going back and forth between mouse clicks and the keyboard to ren...
almost 7 years ago in BC Estimator 0 Shipped

Reconfigure the Tab order so that while entering multiple lengths we can tab to the next span.

This would allow the process of multiple input to be quicker, and would mirror the process from the desktop version.
almost 7 years ago in BC Calc 3 Shipped

Show Number of Plies in "Search and View" Connectors Tab

In the "Search and View" Connectors tab, it would be very helpful if it displayed the number of plies for the supported and supporting members. Number of plies affects hanger selection. Currently, I can get the information in the Consolidate Conne...
about 7 years ago in BC Framer 1 Shipped

Save files directly to the user's local machine

Give the user the option to save files directly to the local machine instead of their online storage account.
over 7 years ago in BC Calc 0 Shipped

Change wall depth and member selections in a single operation

Create a feature to allow the user to change the common stud depth and have all king, cripple and jack studs update to a matching depth of its existing product width, plies, series and grade.
over 7 years ago in BC Calc 0 Shipped

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